Internal Exile: Effects on Families and Communities

Authors

  • Rosemary A. Barbera Monmouth University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.21399

Keywords:

La Pincoya, Chile, relegación, internal displacement, human rights, resilience, community

Abstract

Military regimes throughout Latin America used a variety of tactics to instill terror in the population. In the case of Chile, the military dictatorship used torture, assassination, disappearance, exile and relegación, or internal exile, in its quest to weaken social movements and control social and economic processes. This article will discuss the effects of relegación on the families and communities that the relegados left behind, drawing on human rights literature and interviews of persons in the Santiago shantytown of La Pincoya.

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Published

2008-04-01

How to Cite

Barbera, R. A. (2008). Internal Exile: Effects on Families and Communities. Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, 25(1), 69–76. https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.21399